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Locality Name:
Chelsea, Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais RCM, Outaouais, Québec, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 185397
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-185397.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chelsea, Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais RCM, Outaouais, Québec, Canada": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Autoroute 5
Autoroute 5 Extension
Cross Quarry
Meech Lake Carbonatite
Old Chelsea

Latitude: 45°33'52"N
Longitude: 75°53'21"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.564444444444,-75.889166666667
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al B C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteBrookiteBruciteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCorundum
DiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGadoliniteHumiteHydrotalciteLudwigiteMarcasiteMica
MolybdeniteNatroliteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartz
RocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelTalcTitaniteTochiliniteTourmalineVesuvianiteWollastonite

48 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Anatase  (*)Arfvedsonite  (*)Brookite  (*)Brucite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Clinohumite  (*)Datolite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Geikielite  (*)Goethite  (*)Graphite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hydromagnesite  (*)Hydrotalcite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Ludwigite  (*)Magnesio-arfvedsonite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Mesolite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Perovskite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyroaurite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Richterite  (*)Rutile  (*)Schorl  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Talc  (*)Titanite  (*)Tochilinite  (*)
Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Xonotlite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21349443419
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21349422162
Arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)2134945295
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2134942700
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)2134944462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)834938,34939,34940,34942,34943,34944,34945,3494727770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS213494727198
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81349421756
Clinohumite  (*)HumiteMg9(SiO4)4F2134944236
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)134944498
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6234936,349394135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21349459895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)234940,349448173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F234936,349452740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2234942,349479617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS13494424243
Geikielite  (*)CorundumMgTiO313494470
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1349377437
Graphite  (*)NoneC1349442812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O313494214640
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O134944341
Hydrotalcite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Al2CO3(OH)16(H2O)413494487
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31349425433
Ludwigite  (*)LudwigiteMg2Fe3+O2(BO3)134944134
Magnesio-arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Mg4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)213494579
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4234942,3494414899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21349475674
Mesolite  (*)NatroliteNa2Ca2(Si9Al6)O30·8H2O134944425
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1349374924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2234939,349425800
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO3134944495
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21349452273
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21349441898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2734938,34939,34940,34942,34943,34944,3494739462
Pyroaurite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Fe3+2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O13494489
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8234939,349449056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2434937,34939,34941,3494261156
Richterite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaCa)Mg5Si8O22(OH)2134945148
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21349425614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1349422705
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS13494421482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41349441934
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21349433337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O234939,349424899
Tochilinite  (*)Tochilinite6(Fe0.9S)·5[(Mg,Fe)(OH)2]13494456
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101349441395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31349431247
Xonotlite  (*)NoneCa6Si6O17(OH)2134944109


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